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in a list that is about the top risks. the founder of that eurasia group. straight ahead, republican mark sanford, former south carolina congressman and governor and presidential candidate, helps us understand what s happening inside the gop following a bitter speaker bottle and what it means for the future of the american democracy. another hour of phil she begins right now. and good morning. it s out of the, january the 7th, ending up in the east, 6 am in the west. i m ali velshi. as the old saying goes, if i don t succeed, try, try 14 more times until you do. that s the attitude kevin mccarthy is bringing with him into the new year as he was finally declared the new speaker of the house after four days and 15 attempts. republicans appeared optimistic as the house reconvened at 10 pm last night for the 14th ballot. things quickly devolved as that vote appeared headed for failure, which led to a lot of scrambling and conversations on the republican side. tensions spi ....
gun reform bills. containing most of what president biden called for in his primetime address. among them a resurrected assault weapon ban. one of the many measures presumed to be for republicans in the senate. where are much narrower package is being negotiated, cast by some as less ambitious but possibly best chance to advance any kind of gun reform. even amid more than more than 20 mass shootings in the last month. still, you must win elections to pass legislation. after the recent shootings in buffalo, eovaldi and elsewhere. this is one of the political realities that democrats must reckon with before the midterm election. along with abortion rights right. the rise in inflation. and the likelihood of even more seismic developments. coming out of the house select committee from january 6th to white house aides of donald trump now having been indicted for defying subpoenas related to the investigation. by the end of the week, we will have seen the first witnesses ....
Rules package being in place. it s the rules for how congress runs. beyond that, it s anybody s guess. republicans have set their focus on launching frivolous investigations into things like covid s origin, the so-called woke ideology. mccarthy actually said that last night. many of which mccarthy highlighted during his first speech as speaker. but if last week is any indication of what, or if this last week is any indication of what the 118th congress is going to be like, there s going to be a lot more dysfunction ahead. joining me now, eugene scott, national political reporter for the washington post. good morning to you, eugene. i was looking forward to this conversation with you because i ve been in it. i finished at two in the morning when this happened, and i haven t yet process what we are supposed to make of this. whether this was an anomaly, a bad, week and the horse s stone, or whether this is a taste of what we re going to get in this congress. only time will tell whether th ....
Say the house passes the senate bill on sunday, they have to pass the separate, you know, legislation, including all the fixes, as they call it, the reconciliation. that will, then, go to the senate and it s not going to immediately be passed by the senate. it could change a while. it isn t. and you have democrats on the senate side saying we made some of these things because of the parliamentary rules may come out, and do you know what happens then? it has to go back to the house. so, there s lots of things now between now and the time he sits in the rose guarden and signs this. still, a house bill getting passed even if the senate bill and the fix-it package being passed is a major win for the president who, as you know, has been getting beat up politically about how come he can t get it done. it will be a good moment for him. and it will be a good moment for state of the union, setting the stage for a vote sunday afternoon. yes, we are. so, we will have some congressmen, som ....